September (1987)

Sam Waterston: Peter

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• Peter : Is there anything more terrifying than the destruction of the world?

  Lloyd : Yes. The knowledge that it doesn't matter one way or the other. Its all random, resonating aimlessly out of nothing and eventually vanishing forever. I'm not talking about the world, I'm talking about the universe, all space, all time, just temporary convulsion. And I got paid to prove it.

  Peter : You feel so sure of that when you look out on a clear night like tonight and see all those millions of stars, that none of it matters?

  Lloyd : I think its just as beautiful as you do, and vaguely evocative of some deep truth that always just keeps slipping away, but then my professional perspective overcomes me; I just wish for a more penetrating view of it, and I understand it for what it truly is. Haphazard. Morally neutral, and unimaginably violent.

• Peter : Now, please don't panic when I say this.

  Stephanie : No.

  Peter : I just think that you're incredibly lovely.

  Stephanie : Peter, don't. Don't, please. Let's just stop this before it's too late. You know, I can't. I just... I just feel flushed and... and my heart is pounding.

• Peter : It's funny. I've wanted to talk to you so often, but we never seem to be alone.

  Stephanie : We were alone. We were alone for a whole afternoon.

  Peter : Running into you at the local flea market is not exactly private.